There is an updated pull request by TinfoilSubmarine against master on the void-packages repository

https://github.com/TinfoilSubmarine/void-packages maint/php
https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/38536

[WIP] [NOMERGE] php/composer: turn into meta package as 7.4 is EOL; php8.[01] and composer8.[01]: add alternatives groups.
### Should not be merged until PHP 7.4 EOL (28 Nov 2022): https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php

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Packages depending on `php`:
- [ ] ampache https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/38973
- [x] composer (need to decide how to handle running with multiple PHP versions)
- [ ] phoronix-test-suite (should be able to switch to `php8.1` as changelog indicates it is able to run with 8.1)
- [ ] phpMyAdmin https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/38984

Packages depending on `php-gd`:
- [ ] zabbix-frontend-php https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/38982

Packages depending on `php-mysql`:
- [ ] zabbix-frontend-php https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/38982

Packages with `php-devel` in *makedepends:
- [x] libguestfs (configures and compiles fine with 8.1, but php is not enabled by default anyway)

Other things to take care of:
- [x] php-pear

A patch file from https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/38536.patch is attached